OOC -- Wrath of Trees poll

( OOC Wrath of Trees musing + poll )

I don't know that this is a problem at all, but it showed up in today's writing and it kind of bothers me a bit, so ... poll.

First, a few characters:

Character	Type	Role	Sexuality
Melyl	Narrator	The narrator. The sentient and understandably eponymously wrathful tree. She does a few things that could be considered evil, for reasons that I think readers will appreciate even if they might not do the same thing.	Chaste. No interest in dating either (a) nonsentients, or (b) outside her own phylum. That leaves nobody.
Pyzot	Melyl's archenemy	The arrogant, reckless natural philosopher who summoned and enslaved Melyl. On the good side, she's clever, smart, loyal to her same-species friends, and honorable. I was trying to set her up as the villain, but she's coming out as more of a flawed hero.	Faithful to her husband.
Ffip	Melyl's friend; Pyzot's protege	A kid (initially), psychically bound to Melyl as her master and interpreter. Melyl's friend. Pyzot's protegee. Smart and devious and weaselly.	Chaste, so far.
Ikik	Ffip's personal enemy; everyone's enemy	Originally a minor character who was going to get written out 1/4 of the way through, but he found a good job among the other characters' actual enemies. Brave, charming, brutal, sluttish. In the section I just wrote, he does something that would be considered sexual harassment, in 21st century America.	Slut.

All the characters but Melyl are lakku, a not-quite-human species who seem pretty lecherous on the whole. Lakku women go on heat (though the ideal is to be grimly chaste (if single) or faithful (if married) when on heat). Lakku are supposed to be kinda like humans, but a bit worse.

Anyways, I have noticed that the characters I think are morally better (excluding sexuality) are generally chaste or faithful, and the ones I think are more wicked are generally more slutty. Which isn't at all what I was trying to do -- I originally and consciously intended Pyzot to be chaste and wicked.

[Poll #797552]

OOC -- Wrath of Trees poll

( OOC Wrath of Trees musing + poll )

I don't know that this is a problem at all, but it showed up in today's writing and it kind of bothers me a bit, so ... poll.

First, a few characters:

Character	Type	Role	Sexuality
Melyl	Narrator	The narrator. The sentient and understandably eponymously wrathful tree. She does a few things that could be considered evil, for reasons that I think readers will appreciate even if they might not do the same thing.	Chaste. No interest in dating either (a) nonsentients, or (b) outside her own phylum. That leaves nobody.
Pyzot	Melyl's archenemy	The arrogant, reckless natural philosopher who summoned and enslaved Melyl. On the good side, she's clever, smart, loyal to her same-species friends, and honorable. I was trying to set her up as the villain, but she's coming out as more of a flawed hero.	Faithful to her husband.
Ffip	Melyl's friend; Pyzot's protege	A kid (initially), psychically bound to Melyl as her master and interpreter. Melyl's friend. Pyzot's protegee. Smart and devious and weaselly.	Chaste, so far.
Ikik	Ffip's personal enemy; everyone's enemy	Originally a minor character who was going to get written out 1/4 of the way through, but he found a good job among the other characters' actual enemies. Brave, charming, brutal, sluttish. In the section I just wrote, he does something that would be considered sexual harassment, in 21st century America.	Slut.

All the characters but Melyl are lakku, a not-quite-human species who seem pretty lecherous on the whole. Lakku women go on heat (though the ideal is to be grimly chaste (if single) or faithful (if married) when on heat). Lakku are supposed to be kinda like humans, but a bit worse.

Anyways, I have noticed that the characters I think are morally better (excluding sexuality) are generally chaste or faithful, and the ones I think are more wicked are generally more slutty. Which isn't at all what I was trying to do -- I originally and consciously intended Pyzot to be chaste and wicked.

[Poll #797552]